911 calls released in fatal Brevard County plane crash

FROM HIS CLIENTS. LOUIS BOLDEN, THANK YOU. WELL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE HEARING THE CALLS FOR HELP WHEN A SMALL PLANE CRASHED IN A BREVARD COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD, KILLING TWO MEN. THIS IS THE SCENE RIGHT HERE. IT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT AROUND 8:30 ON PAULA AVENUE AND MERRITT ISLAND. JUSTIN WARMOTH WENT THROUGH THE 911 CALLS AND SPOKE TO WITNESSES. I'M TOLD BOTH MEN THAT DIED WERE HERE AT THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT ON A DAILY BASIS, FLYING THEIR PLANES AND HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS AND THOSE FRIENDS TOLD ME TODAY THEY DIED DOING WHAT THEY LOVE. I'M ON THE NEXT STREET AND I SAW THE PLANE COMING DOWN AND I SAW IT WAS GOING TO TOUCH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT EXPLODED. THIS 911 CALL SETS THE SCENE AFTER A LIBERTY XL 2 SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE CRASHED MONDAY NIGHT, KILLING THE PILOT AND PASSENGER INSIDE. IS ANYBODY GETTING OUT OF THE PLANE? IS ANYBODY IN THE PLANE? OKAY. SOMEBODY IS IN THE PLANE AND THEY'RE NOT COMING OUT. INSIDE THE PLANE, 47-YEAR-OLD JOHN KISCH AND 64-YEAR-OLD ALLEN MARKS. MIKE BRADY WORKS AT MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT AND KNEW BOTH MEN. I JUST REMEMBER JOHN, HOW ADVENTUROUS HE WAS AND FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A BIG LOSS. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE PLANE SPIRAL, SPUTTER AND NOSE-DIVE, EVENTUALLY CRASHING INTO A FAMILY'S BACKYARD. INVESTIGATORS SAY MARKS WAS INTERESTED IN BUYING THE PLANE FROM KISCH, SO THE TWO WERE TEST FLYING IT AND HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT. THE CRASH SITE IS JUST THREE MILES AWAY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE IT'S RAINING RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE REASON. EVERYBODY IS REALLY, REALLY SAD ABOUT THIS. KISCH WAS PRESIDENT OF THE MERRITT ISLAND FLYING CLUB, LISTING A LIBERTY XL 2 ON THE CLUB'S WEBSITE AS ONE OF ITS PLANES AT THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT. NOW, TWO DAYS AFTER THE CRASH, HE SAYS THE FEELING OF LOSING TWO FRIENDS IS STARTING TO SINK IN. YOU JUST DON'T EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN. THE NTSB WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CRASH AND I'M TOLD IT COULD TAKE MONTHS BEFORE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

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